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Originally Posted by AOII Angel
While I think that having reporters in the locker room at all is ridiculous, it is how reporting has been done since the beginning of the NFL, and the Supreme Court has already ruled on this one. These guys make a lot of money, and part of the job is appropriately dealing with the press. Unless they want to continue to see these kinds of stories, they need to learn to shut up while an attractive woman is near them. They can rehash it all when she walks out the room. Their rights to free speech end when they infringe on the working woman who just wants to get an interview.
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People tend to give men a pass as though they are uncontrollable idiots.
The coach staff should've told the players at the beginning of the season that there will be male and female reporters in the locker room, at which time they will cover themselves up and be respectful to the reporters regardless of anything else.
The onus is on the coaches and men in the locker room. The female reporter who is perceivably "scantily clad" bears some responsibility in how she's received. But, the onus is not on her.
I disagree with people who say that women shouldn't be in locker rooms. Most sports reports and locker room interviews are conducted on male athletes. Female locker room interviews are a lot less common just as female sports are less popular. If female reporters were relegated to female locker rooms, that would shape access to sports news opportunities and potentially shape promotions and pay for male reporters as compared to female reporters. Discrimination is based on outcome and not intent. Therefore, having female reporters who have a difficulty in finding job leads would have a discriminatory effect even if the intent seemed honest and fair.